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Obama adviser endorsed Blago-style politics in 2005
hotair.com ^ | December 10, 2008 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on 12/10/2008 11:26:25 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY

I doubt too many people around Barack Obama would have any criticisms for US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald or offer any defenses of Illinois politics now. In 2005, however, Obama’s chief political adviser did both in the pages of the Chicago Tribune. While Fitzgerald probed the endemic corruption in the Land of Lincoln, David Axelrod scolded him for criminalizing the normal trading of interests in Chicago-style politics:

Patrick Fitzgerald’s charges against Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich have drawn a chorus of shock and outrage.

But Barack Obama’s message man David Axelrod once staked out a much more nuanced position on Fitzgerald’s anti-corruption crusade.

In a 2005 op-ed, Axelrod argued, in effect, that trading political favors – including jobs – is part of the grease that makes government work.

He ripped Fitzgerald at the time for trying “to use the criminal code to enforce (his) vision” of “entirely remov(ing) politics from government.”

The piece in the Chicago Tribune was prompted by Fitzgerald’s indictment of aides to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley for conspiring to give city jobs as political favors. Daley was Axelrod’s client at the time.

Once again, this demonstrates the links between Barack Obama and the Daley Machine in Chicago. Axelrod serves as the liaison between the two, having spent years working in the Machine before becoming Obama’s right-hand man. In 2005, before making that transition, Axelrod put himself out front in trying to politicize Fitzgerald’s investigation and keep it from reaching his boss, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.

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1 posted on 12/10/2008 11:26:25 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

http://therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/blagogate-rahm-said-obama-helped-blago-get-elected/

Read Operation Board Games as well... all parts.


2 posted on 12/10/2008 11:35:53 AM PST by AliVeritas (Pray, Pray, Pray)
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To: AliVeritas
Obama caught in lie! He met Blago and discussed his replacement.
3 posted on 12/10/2008 11:56:45 AM PST by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The Godfather of Chicago, some things NEVER CHANGE!!!

4 posted on 12/10/2008 4:30:42 PM PST by Fred (The Democrat Party is the Nadir of Nihilism and BO is a WHINING marxist)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The MSM is repeating Obama’s claim that he had “no contact” with Bagjob. But didn’t they run a picture of Obama and Bagjob hugging each other at a meeting about 2 days ago? Down the memory hole with that one.


5 posted on 12/10/2008 4:46:12 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama is in trouble — and he’s not even the president.

LOL!


6 posted on 12/10/2008 8:46:10 PM PST by Salvation ( †With God all things are possible.†)
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